猩

See also: 狌

Translingual

Han character

猩 (radical 94 犬+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大竹日竹一 (KHAHM), four-corner 4621₄)

1. orangutan
2. an imaginary animal, able to speak and enjoys drinking excessively (see 猩猩)

References

• KangXi: page 714, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20528
• Dae Jaweon: page 1126, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1356, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7329

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Cantonese

Hanzi

猩 (Yale sing1)

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Japanese

Kanji

猩

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: しょう (shō)
• Kan’on: せい (sei)
• Kun: あかいろ (akairo)

Compounds

• 黒猩々 (くろしょうじょう) (kuroshōjō, “chimpanzee”)
• 猩紅熱 (しょうこうねつ) (shōkōnetsu, “scarlet fever”)
• 猩々 (しょうじょう) (shōjō, “orangutan; heavy drinker”)
• 猩々蠅 (しょうじょうばえ) (shōjōbae, “fruit fly of Drosophilidae”)
• 猩々緋 (しょうじょうひ) (shōjōhi)

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Korean

Hanja

猩 (seong) (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

猩 (Pinyin xīng (xing1), Wade-Giles hsing¹)

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Compounds

• 猩猩 (xīngxīng): orangutan or a mythical creature